Ten car bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital on Monday, killing nearly 40 people in markets and garages on the evening of a Shiite Muslim celebration, police and medical sources said. Some of the attacks targeted districts where Shiites were commemorating the anniversary of the birth of a revered Imam, but there also were
French police arrested six members of an Islamic terrorist cell early Monday suspected of planning attacks against well-known figures in France, sources close to the investigation told France 24. The suspects are all in custody after coordinated raids across the Paris region, the news source said. The suspects were all previously known to
The leader of the world's Anglicans is to make a five-day visit to Israel, Egypt, Jordan, his office said in a statement. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the spiritual leader of the Church of England, was to meet with religious leaders, visit holy sites and see community projects, said Lambeth Palace, according to the
The tension in Syria between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims is spilling over into the rest of the Arab world. In a savage incident in Egypt Sunday, thousands of Sunnis lynched and murdered four Sh'ites in the Giza-district village of Zavia Abu Muslam, beating them and burning their houses down. Some 3,000 Sunnis, led by
Voice of the Copts invites all freedom lovers around the world to stand in solidarity with Egyptian freedom-fighters in their current struggle to take back Egypt and bring about their goal of democracy. One year ago, the Muslim Brotherhood and Mr. Morsi stole from the Egyptian people an opportunity to draft foundational principles
Islamic Jihad severed contacts with the Hamas rulers of Gaza Sunday after a commander in its military wing died of wounds sustained in a police shooting, a leader of the radical group told AFP. “Islamic Jihad today suspended its contacts with Hamas after police opened fire yesterday (Saturday) on one of the commanders
Four Egyptian Shiite Muslims were killed on Sunday when they were attacked by a hostile mob in a village in Giza province near the capital, police said. A house where the minority Shiites were meeting in Abu Mussalam was surrounded by residents who told them to get out. When they refused, a crowd
The Egyptian army’s strong warnings on Saturday that they would intervene to stop the country “from plunging into a dark tunnel” were seen by political observers as directed towards both the Islamists in power and liberal opposition forces. Political and activist groups opposed to Islamist President Mohammad Mursi are planning mass protests on
On November 10, 1975, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 3376 creating the “UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,” and on May 20, 2013 it held its 352nd meeting, for which Saeb Erekat, Palestine’s chief negotiator with Israel, delivered the keynote address. Erekat explained that the Palestinians
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